Paint or other brush



(Mode1.)

L. Z. JENKINS.

PAINT OR OTHER BRUSH.

Patented July 1, 1890.

fl ATTMEY.

' The free end of the cord below the bridle is .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LANCASTER Z. JENKINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAINT OR OTHERBRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,264, dated July 1, 1890.

Application filed January 31, 1890. Serial No. 338,790. (Modeld To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LANCASTER Z, JENKINS, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Paint or other Brushes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of novel means for connecting the bridle of a paint or other brush to the same, as will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of a brush embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a section of a portion of a brush, the bridle being omitted therefrom. Fig. 4 represents a partial view of a brush, showing the cord which forms the bridle as fastened to one of the hooks before winding the same and the other end as fastened to the hook after the same has been wound.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a paint-brush of ordinary construction, and B designates the bridle thereof.

0 designates hooks on the head of the brush, the shanks D of the same being interposed between the cap or wrapping E of the brush and the bristles and appearing on the outside of the cap or wrapping between the same and the inner port-ion of the bridle. The cord or twine of which the bridle is formed is secured to one of the hooks, leaving an end piece F of suificient length to reach to the bottom of the bridle and return to the starting-hook. The cord is then passed around the brush from the starting-hook to the lower edge of the bridle, then looped around the same, and connected with the other hook.

hooks, so that they are closed upon the ends of the cords, and thus said ends remain firmly connected with the hooks. It is evident that the hooks may be afterward opened out and the ends of the cord released therefrom, whereby the bridle may be removed, if so re quired.

Eyes may be substituted for the hooks, as shown in dotted lines at the left of Fig. l, and the ends of the cord tied thereto; but this is not as desirable as the hooks.

It is evident that pieces of wire may be interposed between the cap or wrapping of the bristles and their outer or projecting ends bent up to form hooks without, however, pr0- ducing different results. 7

By forming a bridle of cord wound around the brush a flexible bridle is provided which yields readily during the use of the brush.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A brush having a bridle connected therewith by meansof hooks attached to the head of the brush, the ends of the cord comprising the bridle beinghitched or otherwise secured to said hooks, substantially as described.

2. A brush having a cap, a bridle consisting of cords, and hooks having their shanks between the cap and the bristles of the brush and their hook portions between the cap and the bridle, thecord of the bridle being fastened at or near. both'of its ends to the said hooks, said parts being combined substantially as described.

3. A brush having a cap, a bridle, and hooks, the latter having their shanks bet-ween the cap and the bristles of the brush and their hook portions between the cap and the upper edge of the bridle, and the cord of the bridle having an end piece F, adapted to embrace the .bridle, said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. A brush having a flexible bridle consisting of cord secured at both ends to hooks at the upper end of the bridle, substantially as described.

LANCASTER Z. JENKINS.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDEESHEIM, A. P. JENNINcs. 

